Resources Relevant to Copyright Issues
Affecting Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Introduction
Copyright is a complex issue and even more so today in our evolving electronic environment. This page provides access to two of the most frequently requested guidelines — classroom copying and educational multimedia. In addition, a sample permission letter which can be modified as apropriate is provided, as well as links to additional sites with more extensive copyright information, and a bibliography of works on or about copyright in the collection of the Weill Cornell Medical Library for those who wish to pursue the topic more intensively.
If you have specific questions concerning copyright or want to discuss copyright legislation, guidelines, and policies in more detail, please contact Carolyn Anne Reid, careid@med.cornell.edu.
Cornell
University Copyright Policy for the Medical College and Graduate School of Medical
Sciences
(PDF file of 5 pages)
Guidelines
Classroom Copying, Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not For Profit Educational Institutions with Respect to Books and Periodicals, as agreed to March 19, 1976, Ad Hoc Committee on Copyright Law Revision.
Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia, prepared by the Educational Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines Development Committee, July 17, 1996.
Additional Resources
The United States Copyright Office, at the Library of Congress.
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians, published by the Copyright Office, this brochure gives basic information on some of the most important legislative provisions and other documents dealing with reproduction by librarians and educators. [Note: this is the full document from which the section on classroon copying, noted above, is taken.]
INFORMATION POLICY: Copyright and Intellectual Property, a general copyright information resource maintained by the International Federation of Library Associations.
Copyright and Fair Use, an up-to-date resource maintained by Stanford University Libraries.
American Intellectual Property Law Association, a professional association of more than 10,000 attorneys specializing in the practice of intellectual property law.
The FPLC Intellectual Property Mall, a centralized resource for information about patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
Copyright and Multimedia Law for Webbuilders and Multimedia Authors, resources useful in the construction of web sites and other multimedia publications.
  
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